Genealogical Resource Links
County Cork Web Resources
1766 Census Records
Ginni Swanton's Homepage. Margaret Moon's transcription of these public records are posted here for the Diocese of Cloyne, County Cork. Additionally, confirmation records 1860 - 1890 for the parishes of Enniskeane, Desertserges, and Kinneigh.
1886 Cork City Street Map A zip file of gif of 1886 map of City of Cork furnished and scanned courtesy of Diedra Sullivan. Can be downloaded from this site.( Note: May not work with Netscape. Use this link instead to view gif file. Corkcity.gif
Bere Peninsula Families An online index of 14,705 family records compiled by Riobard O'Dwyer, from 6 parishes is this small area. Very valuable if your ancestors are from this area. In any case, it's an impressive feat.
Brendan Sisk's Cloyne Home Page Site with many East Cork links.
The Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint AnnThe Catholic Cathedral of Cork has almost 200 years of history to tell. The first Cathedral built here was the vision of Bishop Francis Moylan who was Bishop of Cork from 1787–1815, truly turbulent times in Irish history.
Clonakilty Home Page Clonakilty has been designated as West Cork's Heritage Town by Board Failte, and a visit to the town soon shows why. You'll feel at home here among the attractive traditional shop fronts and hand painted signs in English and Irish.
Cobh Heritage Center Link Page to Irish Archives, genealogy, Titanic and Cobh County Cork Ireland
Contemporary tour of Cork City Starting at the top of Patrick's Street at Daunt Square (outside McDonalds), on your left you will see The Queen's Old Castle (8). Although now a shopping centre, it was one of the entrances to the city when the streets were a maze of waterways.
Cork Genealogy Society Cork Genealogy Society came into being at an inaugural meeting on 15th March 1994, when a few enthusiasts promoted the idea and attracted over 50 people to the first meeting.
Cork Guide Site. Contemporary Web Site. Contains current news and information about Cork events.
Current Cork City Maps From Cork Corp Web Site.
Emmigration From Cork to Canada in 1823 In 1822, the northern part of County Cork was on the verge of an agrarian revolt. The secret Whiteboy society was revived and began to terrorize landowners, magistrates and tithe collectors.
Fianna's Cork Resource Page Excellent resources for a researcher with Cork ties. Many Links.
Guide To Tracing Your Cork Ancestors A publication of the Flyleaf Press.
Hebe Ship Transport List List of emigrant settlers from the South of Ireland embarked on board of the Hebe transport for passage to Quebec, Cove of Cork July 8th 1823.
History of Battle of Liscarroll Liscarroll Castle flatters to deceive. Lying on the edge of the picturesque North Cork town of the same name, the great fortress is certainly impresssive. Third largest of Ireland’s 13th century castles, the great walls, particularly viewed from the North, easily conjure up visions of men at war, knights in shining armour, the thunder of horses hooves as cavalry swooped down on an encircled enemy. To the south is the mighty entrance gateway, still retaining traces of the former portcullis and close by the mighty drum tower at the south west corner.
History of County Cork Ballingeary and Ichigeela Local History Society.
History of Watergrass Hill In 1654, the Down Survey maps were the most accurate to be produced in Ireland until that time and remained in use until the Ordnance Survey maps appeared in 1841. A section of the Down Survey can be viewed on this section showing all the townland names we are familiar with today.
Ireland Atlas searchable database/ Sean Ruad has compiled this search engine. It will perform a search of the IreAtlas Townland data base, and return all lines that meet the screening requirements. By entering a Townland and a County, it will return all lines that contain the requested Townland and the requested County. Be aware, this is a VERY LARGE data base. If you only enter a County, the search engine will return EVERY Townland in that County. This will be a very large file.
Ireland Catholic History and Genealogy Not just for Cork, but other areas of Ireland as well.
Irish Ancestral Research Association TIARA is a nonprofit organization established to develop and promote the growth, study and exchange of ideas among people and organizations interested in Irish genealogical and historical research and education. An excellent site full of resouce links for Cork as well as all the other counties of Ireland.
Irish Roots Magazine Contents Page In addition to an article on "Surnames of County Cork", the magazine has articles on wide ranging subjects such as "Black Irish" and "Hitler's Irish Relatives".
Jean Prendergast's Website Miscellaneous Sources - Sources For A Cork Family History And Genealogy, Notes on the Parish of Kilmichael Co. Cork, Notes on the RC Parishes of Cork City, 1852 Street Index for Cork, Griffith's Valuation Civil Parishes of Duniskey, Kilmichael and Macloneigh, Cork Civil Parish/RC Parish Cross Reference. Site will expand over the coming months to include more info on research in Cork city and more of Griffith's Valuation for Co. Cork.
Library Catalog for Cork from Family History Center This screen lists the topics (types of records) that are available for County Cork. Click on a topic to see the catalog entries available for it.
Mallow Archaeological and Historical Society Reprints of the Famine Years as published in the Cork Examiner in mid-19th century. Numerous other historical records and links including Convict Transport list to Australia
Margaret Grogan's Cork Site Another great Cork resource. Has an extensive searchable database. Also, Kingwilliamstown,Co. Cork Emigration Scheme/List
Maritime History Archive The Maritime History Archive collects and preserves original documents and copies of documents relating to the history of sea based activities in the North Atlantic region. Has ship records as well as many Church of Ireland parishes in counties Cork and Waterford.
Mayors of Cork from 1199 to present. From Cork Corporation Web Site.
Michael Collins short biography. This page is dedicated to Michael Collins(Easter Uprising, 1916). Michael Collins was born in Woodfield, Clonakilty, in County Cork in 1890. He was the youngest of eight children. His father, Michael Collins, was 75 years of age when Michael junior was born.
Murray Family Website History of Fermoy, 1847 Fermoy Union Rate Book, and a 1935 North Cork Townland Index Map, database tithe list, baptism and marriage records, are among the resources available for this northeast Cork area .
Parish Listings of County Cork An online listing of parishes in Cork from the Henneberry Family Web Site.
Philip O'Rourke's Irish Ancestral Page Links,lists,files and maps of Cork interest.
Sandy Hart's Cork Website A collection of Marriage, Birth and Baptism records from the Aghada Parish, County Cork, Ireland. Additional Irish Records can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/srh32905/
Tracing Cork Ancestors Irish Genealogy Publications Site. Other books on Irish genealogy.
What going on in Local Ireland Today Website. Contemporary Cork Resource. On the main page you will find information about the Blarney & District Historical Society; their journal, outings, lectures and membership. There is also a link to the Cork Examiner where you will find articles about various areas in Cork, among them Youghal, Charleville and Clonakilty.
Other On-Line Web Resources
American Family Immigration History Center Located at the Ellis Island Immigration Musuem, this center is planned to be opened late in the year 2000. A computerized database will allow visitors to search over 17 million individual names extracted from Ships' Passenger Lists from the Port of New York between the years 1892 and 1924.
Cemetery Records On-Line. The leading genealogical resource for burial records and tombstone inscriptions. Here you will find online records from over 1,200 cemeteries all over the world. Do you have a cemetery listing you'd like to share with others? Interested in recording tombstone inscriptions? Go here.
Census Links on-line Mostly US information, but there is other country data as well.
Emmigrant Savings Bank Project Called the single most important genealogical source material for New York City discovered this century, the New York Emigrant Savings Bank, opened in 1850 and run by Irish immigrants, for Irish immigrants, contain records for emigrants from California, Michigan, Florida, upstate New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Alabama and Missouri and are a true treasure trove of information.
Genealogy Books - Ireland Large list of popular books available for genealogists form Barnes and Noble
Looking for Headstone pictures? Let the world know. To get started, simply post your headstone request. If someone can help, they'll email you! Are you a Headstone Hunter? Search the database to see if there's a headstone request in your area. Perhaps you can help a fellow genealogist.
Helpful Research Hints By Maura Petzolt. This page is meant to give you some basic guidelines and point you in the right direction so that you may be successful in your search for your ancestors. Reading through this information and using the recommended sites in each topic will help you get over those brick walls we all hit occasionally, or if you are a beginner, to get started on this journey into your past.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 An Ongoing Project of the Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society.
Immigrant Ship Transcriber Guild Searchable database project of bringing on-line immigrant transportation records.
Irishabroad Website A website dedicated to contemporary news of Ireland. Includes discussion groups, chat rooms, postcards, free email, as well as their own free internet access(currently for US and Canadian residents).
Irish History History of Ireland with other information of genealogical interest.
Irish History in Maps Irish history with a special focus on ancient and medieval Irish families and geography.
19th Century Irish Maps Ireland maps including Poor Law Union(PLU) 1842-1846, Cholera Map 1848-1850, and Public Works 1846-1847
Lietrim-Roscommon 1901 Census On-line As of January 2000, this file contains over 77,000 individuals who lived in County Roscommon in 1901 (about 77% of the county since the population of Roscommon was around 101,000 in 1901). Additional records for Roscommon will be added in the year 2000.
Maps of Ireland Both contemporary and historical from Ireland information website.
Newspapers on-line The United States Newspaper Program links you to hundreds of online newspapers, some of which have put back issues up to 200 years old online; excellent for births, marriages and deaths
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Website where internet researchers give of themselves unselfishly in aiding others in their research. This project expounds on this premise by going one step further:The volunteers of this movement are agreeing once per month to either videotape cemeteries, etc., or to visit county courthouses in the county (or area of a country) they live. The cost to you would be reimbursment of costs incurred in granting your request (video tape, copy fees, etc.).
Tinkers or Irish Traveller's Web Site Recently their American counterparts who live in Murphy, North Carolina were spotlighted in an unfavorable light on NBC's Dateline program. With a center in Dublin, this site seeks to explain the philosphies of "Ireland's Gypsy's".
Tips on Dating Old Photographs So many times we look at an old photograph, and have no idea of the treasure before our eye's. Maybe knowing some of the history behind an old photograph will cause you to take a second look, then find out about the people in the picture.
USGenWeb Archives Digital Library Tracing your roaming American ancestors? Try a state-by-state search.
USGenWeb Archives National Search Search a large variety of material, including census records compiled by the USGenWeb Project, the largest volunteer genealogy project on the Web.
Vital Records Info Contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, marriage and death certificates, and divorce decrees from each state, territory and county of the United States as well as foreign countries.
World Connect Search the names of millions of ancestors in family trees submitted by other genealogists. More than 100,000 new names are added daily.
World GenWeb Project This site (WGW)will take you to genealogy resources for almost any country in the world.
Cork Families' Websites
- Driscoll Family of West Cork
- Fiona Hyland: Hyland Genealogy ~ Hylands from Kilbenhanny
- Lucy/Lucey Family Webpage
- O'Brien Family Homepage
- Magner Family Genealogy
- Mahoney/Flynn Genealogy
- Palese Family Site~Callahans from Cork
- Shea Family Webpage
- Wickham and McKiernan Family Page